I am happy to see this in someone else's best of list, album of the year for me.

One thing though I have always thought Planetary Duality was considered their best work and Akeldama is dismissed as being too deathcore influenced.

Definitely agreed with almost everything you said. Once you see my top 10, you'll see why this is number 12. But again. if this is number 12 out of the 354 albums I've heard this year, that says a lot!